How to spot a Clown's bot

– It seems that the easiest way to get a bot wrangler to give their (you) to you is to fuck with the bots by proxy, either by copy/pasting the user's ID as a quoted reference instead of tagging its actual post link in your response, or by answering it with text in an image (or both) until they start fucking up because they can't lock onto a target phrase correctly.. Doing this can also make the bots look artificially erratic, and easier for other anons to spot. It also makes it so the wranglers HAVE TO engage.

– NEVER KNOWINGLY ENGAGE A BOT DIRECTLY. It just wastes bread with their responses, and hands the bot a target to lock on to. If you suspect a bot is trying to engage (you), the countermeasures will force the wrangler to earn it, which usually outs them; They are lazy.

What we know about the cl0wnbots

– Require a handler to watch for, target, and be in the thread

– Can not enter threads themselves

– Can pick up random or contradictory meme flags

– Consist of multiple bots that respond to posts and each other, and can create posts

– Appear to activate on lists of trigger words; these can change over time

– Use a combination of legit pasta, pre-written points, or spam targeted at sliding the thread

– Have unwittingly pasta'd supportive posts

– Are employed mostly at night and on weekends (US time)

– Add to bump limits

– Can be filtered by ID once they are observed

– Are not perfected and can be easily spotted

– Were tested briefly prior to being deployed starting on the /CBTS/ boards

– Have certain flaws that can cause them to misfire in sometimes comical ways

– The handlers can make bogus clown threads, but also can be confused by accidental ones

– Handlers, as of now, cannot access the servers

– Have still not succeeded in their mission

– Still can't meme

– Still can't meme